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Seeing Isn't Believing Pt. 1
Everyone has heard the phrase, "Seeing is believing". I have had a countless number of conversations with people that don't believe in God and what is the overwhelming reason for their unbelief? "I haven't seen him". Our eyes can be deceiving and here is one example given to us by MariaGarcia281 via youtube:
As you can tell you aren't actually seeing a blue circle. It is a figment of your imagination. So, when a person says, "I have never seen God so how can I believe in him?" you can identify that as a misnomer. This video, and a number like it, proves that the eyes don't tell all. However, that is not the end of the evidence for "seeing isn't believing". Jesus understood this principle highlighted by his words in John 6 when he says:
"But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe." (verse 36).
Jesus knows that the eyes can be deceiving. Jesus knows that seeing is not believing. People were drawn to him by wondrous acts but they didn't truly believe in their hearts. So, when an atheist or agnostic says that they would need to "see" God to believe you can point to this passage.
But, for the sake of the argument, let's say that they did see God. seeing still does not create belief because they would do their best in trying to explain it away. Later in John 12:37 we see this addressed again, "Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him."
Here we see the same principle. Even though Jesus did amazing things in the midst of people they still didn't believe in Jesus. They never were able to place their faith in him because seeing is not believing. There needs to be more than just seeing. One of the best examples of seeing is not believing comes from Luke 16 when Luke writes down the words of Jesus:
"And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house—for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'"
The truth is that people will not believe even if struck in the face by an amazing act. So, when an unbeliever says they don't believe because they haven't seen God we can understand where they are coming from. The Bible is clear that if they don't even recognize the words of the Bible then an amazing sign would not be sufficient for belief.
No matter what the sign the unbeliever could not believe. Jesus healed a leper and gave sight to the blind. They still do not believe. Even though Jesus payed the due penalty for sin and conquered death by rising on the third day. They still do not believe. Even if a loved one came back from the grave to warn them they would still not heed the call to repent and believe.
Seeing is not believing.
Thanks for Reading.
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Yet with local populations increasingly calling for greater political accountability and reforms—namely in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain—any future GCC Union should address how it can formulate pathways to implement reforms across the region as a whole.
But that would be unlikely. David Roberts, Deputy Director of RUSI Qatar, explains in an interesting article for Foreign Policy why he finds it difficult to see any "meaningful GCC Union" taking place. For one, it would most likely be dominated by Saudi Arabia, which sees the protest movements across the Arab world over the last year as destabilising to the region as a whole.
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Quality of CIOs is blocking the healthcare digital revolution
In the run-up to E-Health Week, a round table of leading figures in healthcare IT identified raising the quality of IT managers, sorting out risk averse procurement and strengthening clinical leadership as key to delivering digital transformation in the NHS.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), organisers of May's E-Health Week, hosted the event at the King's Fund.
Andy Kinnear (pictured), director of digital transformation at NHS South, Central and West CSU and chair of BCS Health, criticised the quality of some chief information officers in healthcare: "My frustration with CIO colleagues has grown. [Too many] are not up to the task or have not invested in their own development.
"We have seen a CIO network emerge nationally driven by the most energised, visible, successful and professional CIOs, and then there is a whole bundle of other folk who are sitting back at their desks never emerging, never really believing that what goes on in the wider world is important to them, never mind engaging with that, not realising that talking locally, nationally and internationally is part of the job. We need to drive up the calibre of those people."
Trying to define upfront a watertight specification freaks me out
Joanna Smith, CIO of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, spelt out how slavish adherence to procedure was obstructing sensible conversations between managers and vendors: "The procurement process does not encourage me, or even want me, to develop partnerships with vendors. It wants to force me through a process that keeps me distant from the vendors, that doesn't let me talk to the vendor because it fears that will be unfair. That really worries me.
"I want to be able to work in a safe way with vendors and have conversations. Trying to define upfront a watertight specification for what I want and then go through a process and score at the end of it, and be absolutely confident I've got what I want, absolutely freaks me out.
"When you are talking about a system with complex workflow that has got to interact with all the different aspects of how a hospital works, to try to understand that perfectly – the journey of procurement helps you decide what you want. That is not catered for.
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This compares poorly with the United States, where many clinicians are funded to lead digital development.
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In her Web column today, Katharine Q. Seelye writes, "Senator Barack Obama's campaign often says it needs to 'introduce' Mr. Obama to Pennsylvania, which is another way of saying that voters there don't know him. The campaign clearly made a decision that the benefits of introducing him with a high-profile speech assessing the nuances of race in 21st-century America were worth the potential risks." Go to Column
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You mean the benefits were worth the risks. Saying the risks were worth the benefits implies they were willing to accept the benefits because they wanted the risks.
Does journalism exist still? Obama gave this speech because he got caught. Otherwise his speech would never occurred. He first denied ever knowing of Wright's rhetoric in church on three national tv programs. When he got caught then he gave his speech which was extracted, FORCE on him because of the circumstances, but really, what else could he do? But that's fine; all politicians lie. What I object about Obama is that he allowed his daughters to witness Wright's demagogue thus perpetuating the cycle, diminishing the very post-racial America he is trying to achieve. That is a huge lack of judgment, character but above all motives.
Of course, the speech reached millions that were on the edge of the issue all the time. It brought honesty and sincere effort to address it to many. My wife and I had an intense discussion about how we felt about race and the divides…never had we done that before.
Obama is a leader with an amazing insight that no one can phantom.
Leaders are not made, they are BORN leaders. This one is a one in a life time!!
Here are some of the discussions about the speech:
I think it's a lot to ask any one speech from any person to "change a lot of minds."
So no, I don't think it changed a lot of minds. But, this is a process. What I think it did do was plant a seed in a lot of minds, it got people to pay attention and think. On that level, it gives him something to build on.
I think he reached only his supporters and he may have even alienated some who were on the fence. I don't believe that he reached working middle class in PA – they're people who work long hard hours, trying to get by – their kids aren't getting scholarships to Harvard or Princeton – they're lucky to get grants and school loans to state colleges and many joined the National Guard to help pay for it. They work side jobs to get the little luxuries like a weekend in the Poconos. Then there are the "commuters" who life in places like Milford and travel 3 hours each way to work in NYC so that they and their kids can live in a nice yet affordable home.
Do these hard working people need to be reminded that Rev. Wright spews such terrible things because of slavery in the South generations long ago? Did they need to reminded by a US Senator with a law degree from Harvard that they need to be more understanding of the reasons for Rev. Wright's hatred? NO. They're much too busy on their 3 hour commute home or heading off to their second job to be told they need to take more responsibility for what happened long before they were even alive.
I can't think of a better way for Senator Obama to have introduced himself to the voters of Pennsylvania. As one of the commentators in the article said, he will forever be known as the person who put this issue on the table. In that sense, he may have taken a risk, but it was an inspiring risk. Like Lincoln, his fellow Illinoisan, he appealed to the better angels of his listeners' nature. In that sense, he really does seem to be following in Lincoln's footsteps: he has used his oratory powers to articulate a vision for, as he said repeatedly, a more perfect union. I hope that the citizens of Pennsylvania are willing to rise above their cynicism and doubt so that they can heed this call.
Alea jacta est. No dice.
April 22, 2008 is about one month from today.
One might be allowed to ask why Pennsylvania should then feel better about Mr. Obama and worse about Mrs. Clinton than the rest of the country and Pennsylvania feel now. Will Mr. Obama improve, will Mrs. Clinton deteriorate? The first candidate should go down, the second one should go up, judging from the last three weeks.
Some might want to lose some sleep on the next four weeks.
The premise of this question is wrong. The Obama speech was not aimed at the Pennsylvania voters who are leaning toward Clinton. It was meant to reassure his base, address the media frenzy, and show superdelegates he is presidential. On those counts, I think he's been successful on count 1 (reassuring base), and we'll see about 2 + 3.
In addition, it was a fantastic speech on race in America today. So, regardless of what happens with the election, it will always stand as an important statement.
It moved the issue away from his dealings with the church. Don't look at me, look at the Nation. He will not be able to bridge the gap, it will be two to three generations, the youth will be our historical change until then Obama will give a speech with no real solutions, it will be his childrens children that can lead the true change, if they are not brought up in an angry environment with his pastor views.
Didn't win me over….
Obama is a liar and he is not qualified to be President of the USA.
He never answers questions directly, I do not trust him. He is a great actor and should return to Chicago soon. He is nothing more then an activisit.
I am professional white male from Hudson County NJ, I never voted for a Republican. I will never vote for Obama.
If the voters of Pennsylvania are anything like Ohio, Texas, New York and California, Obama's defense of Wright will only succeed in convincing them that Obama is not right for America. Because Wright is wrong, and Obama is wrong not dissociating from Wright. With all the Wright moves we have seen since 9/11, Pennsylvanians, who are pretty patriotic lot (see the series John Adams), Wright's attacks on America combined with Obama's insults to flag and national anthem, will in my view get a Rocky reception.
I think the blurb about this article on the main politics page does not mean what the writer means to say. "The Obama campaign clearly made a decision that the risks of introducing their candidate to Pennsylvania voters with a high-profile speech on race were worth the potential benefits." It should switch the placement of the words "risks" and "potential benefits"
Real short. Someone needs to say to the pundits…You guys are so full of it. You are very key in keeping this race devisive, ugly, and just not about the issues. A Wag of the finger to CNN and Pundits especially Wolf Blitzer. We know you support Senator Clinton. The statement you used today, .."..the fallout of Obama's speech on race.." Could you have been more negative and devisive?
Obama's Speech touched Everyone it needed to touch. It was balanced, correct, and no one else in politics at this time could've been as transparent and courageous. Obama is definately the man for right now. He is able to unite and bring out ..THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID…
'YES WE CAN!!!' Obama '08
The cynics have dismissed Senator Obama's speech as mere political pandering.
Many pundits have praised the speech for its content, but mentioned time and again that it likely failed to accomplish the "political" goal of assuaging the fears of white working class voters.
I believe that both groups have missed the real point of his address. This speech was NECESSARY and HONEST. While outside events certainly played a factor in its timing, clearly the sentiments conveyed and issues addressed are deeply felt by Senator Obama.
Whether you agree or disagree with the views expressed in the speech, it should not be dismissed political pandering, and should not be analyzed in terms of how different demographic groups respond to it.
America is the greatest country in the world, but it is far from perfect.
For those who truly love this country, the time for any honest dialog about race is long since past.
In a word, "No". Obama already has most of the "educated" vote, but Joe Six-pack will settle for a sound-bite from FOX rather than actually read or (gasp) research anything. Hillary is a master at keeping it simple and laying out a line which can stick to a single brain cell. It's a sad commentary, but the demographics of this campaign tell the tale. Adding to his difficulties, racial prejudice is clearly more pronounced among the less educated whites and this works against him in places like Pennsylvania.
Still, his confidence in the intelligence of American voters has served him well so far in terms of states won, delegates won, and the popular vote. Maybe Hope is not so naive as the cynics tell us.
Who cares? It needed to be said, and was (in my humble opinion) one of the best and most important speeches since Ronald Reagan implored Mr. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall".
Disclaimer: although I refer to a great speech of former President Reagan, know that this affection is not applied to Reagan's political policies.
It appears that Mr. Nagourney and Mr. Healey believe the favorable editorials and their own writing in appraising what they call Sen. Clinton's long and narrow road. The fact of the matter is that Mr. Obama had begun to lose his luster about two weeks ago and it has now accelerated at an alarming rate. Inspite of the glowing reviews from all quarters of the main stream media the people did not read them. They saw the very inflamatory tapes of Rev. Wright repeatedly, everywhere, continuously. Today Mr. Obama's poll numbers have been reduced by drastic
numbers in very important swing states like Ohio, Missouri, Florida, etc. Senator Clinton now leads Mr. Obama by a good margin in the daily Gallup poll after significantly trailing for a month. In the past Sen. Obama has been able to stem Sen. Clinton by going out and winning a caucus or primary. The next event is Pennsylvannia five weeks from now where Sen. Clinton is projected to have a monstrous victory. North Carolina a supposed firewall for Sen. Obama is now even. That was today. The bad reviews and negative commentary is starting to come in and the tapes keep playing. This is precisely why the super delegates were created. What is going to happen? No one knows not even Mr. Nagourney.
When I see news analysis trying to break down his historic speech into things like whether or not he reached a certain demographic of voters, it makes me a little queasy. People like Seelye completely missed the point.
His speech was so much bigger than those sorts of things. Trying to parse the components into campaign strategy is as distasteful and misguided as trying to parse MLK's Letter From a Birmingham Jail in such a manner.
Obama's speech was a historic landmark that touched hearts and made people who felt like their voices could never be heard feel like they were actually being heard for the first time. This speech will be studied in classrooms for generations to come.
On the Daily Show this evening, there was a great skit that illustrated the point I am making. They had pretend footage of old-timey newscasters doing demographic analysis on the Gettysburg Address. It really showed the lunacy and ignorance of trying to parse something like that in such calculated terms.
Another excellent article that discusses the misguidedness of trying to critically analyze such a moving, historically significant speech in such reductionistic terms is Jay Rosen's piece at:
Obama's speech on race has triggered numerous email and phone conversations among all my friends/family/ acquaintances. This speech, a classic, frankly discussed race in America in a healthy and optimistic way. More importantly, Senator Obama made it possible for Americans to discuss this topic safely. I am looking forward to further leadership from Barack Obama. If this is a taste of what his presidency might be: honest, unafraid of dealing with difficult topics, encouraging all of us to partake in the discussion, then I just can't wait.
By the way, this should prove that Americans enjoy a more substantive speech, and not just packaged sound bites.
By April 22 — 5 weeks is an eternity in politics — Obama's speech will have lost the advantage of his spellbinding delivery, and will have had its content and gaping holes picked to death. It will become more and more apparent to voters that, while the speech may have rung with the cadences of the Gettysburg Address, in fact it was a self-serving attempt at damage control that merely changed the subject and left the major questions unanswered.
Time is Obama's enemy. The more time voters have to watch and think about him, the more time they have to compare his words to his actions, the more likely they'll see through the style to the lack of substance, and realize that the emperor has no clothes.
Why should this speech be "the" speech that needs to reach voters? Was race a central issue in this campaign season? I thought we were talking about the war, health care, the economy. Now, the only headline I see is race.
You know what happened? We have been distracted by a skillful attorney's courtroom argument. Obama knew he was in trouble with the Wright issue, much the way an attorney might feel if he had a tough case to argue. So he changed the strategy. No longer are we talking about hate speech or Obama lying about Rezko and other shady issues, we are talking about "race in America". Obama went for what he knew and in the end diverted everyone's attention. I can appreciate the message (seriously), but I want to get back to the election.
His speech was a hog wash. He had first denied that he had been to any of those hateful sermons and then admitted that he had heard the preacher spew out hatred toward America.
He is an empty suit, a snake oil salesman and please be careful not to buy that swamp in Florida that he is giving you an excellent deal on.
He has audicity to lie.
Wake up America. He is a certified liar and an authenticated fraud.
This is the wrong question. He spoke truths from the heart. Are the people ready to hear it? If not, all he (we?) can do is try again. And, someday, we'll move forward. You folks have gotten so mired in the mud that you've forgotten what it's like to walk freely, on firm ground.
Of course yes,
The guy was in a corner, and he nailed it right on. It showed it all, courage, understanding, Patriotism, leadership, class … As oppose to screaming in front of people "Shame on You".
The guy is proving that he is the man and make all other candidates so obsolete.
Obama speech did not cut it for me. It just proved he lied to us and how inexperienced he is in handling a crisis.


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Great fit deserves many posts (and books and some draping/pattern making classes). Great fit involves personal style, comfort, body shape, quality, cut, fabric, properly fitted lingerie (a huge topic), and many other factors. It also includes things we can't see when we try on clothes in a shop.
A few years ago, a new Armani Exchange tee felt weird after I washed it and lay it flat to air dry. (I never put my clothing in the dryer.) I tugged and pulled but it still felt weird. When I removed it, I discovered the side seams were twisting, one towards the back, one towards the front. The manufacturer had cut the body of the tee just a little askew. It was enough to ruin the whole garment. Though it had already become a favourite, I donated the tee to a thrift shop. There was nothing I could do to make it fit.
If the designer chooses the wrong fabric for his design, the fit will be poor:
This chiffon diaper is truly terrifying!
So what is great fit?
Great fit is when all the factors come together
so that clothing looks as if it is made for the wearer.
Great fit reflects a woman's style, flatters her existing body shape and size, doesn't cling or bunch when she moves, and creates no odd wrinkles, gaps, or sagging. Great fit exposes nothing you'd rather keep covered. It allows a woman to forget what she's wearing because her clothes don't keep demanding her attention. Great fit shows the world that God has done good in creating us; that we needn't try to be sexy or hot (two words I'd like to banish from our awareness particularly in terms of fashion).
We'll explore many of the factors that are necessary to have great fit in separate posts. In the meantime, while wearing your normal under garments, try on several outfits you already own. Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, 'Does this look as if it was made for me?' Then return everything to the closet. Each day thereafter, look in the mirror and ask again, 'Does this look as if it was made for me?'


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I was recently browsing new cars on chevrolet.com and I came across the Chevy / GM Owner Center so I decided to take a look at it.
It's hosted by Yahoo which means you need to have a Yahoo account to sign in and since Yahoo also owns flickr I didn't have to sign up. The first thing you do is add a vehicle, which you can add based on your name or the vehicles VIN number. Once you add the vehicle you specify your vehicle mileage and your zip code for location based information.
The next time you login you are presented with a dashboard with your vehicle information, preferred dealer, mileage and estimated next oil change. You are also given a link to your vehicles owner manual. Aside from the section directly below the dashboard with accounts you can add like OnStar, GMAC information, Service Records, Offers and Recall information.
The rest of the page, aside from local gas prices search, is setup to advertise new GM promotions, vehicles, etc. that have no relevance to your ownership of a vehicle. In fact all it does is cover the page in irrelevant advertising in exchange for basic information on your vehicle and a place to manually enter your own service records. It would be nice if the service records would pull automatically from the dealership but no it doesn't.
Honestly I'm a bit disappointed with the Owner Center; aside from the Owner's Manual, local gas prices and perhaps recall information, it provides the user with no helpful information. I don't have any use for a chevy community group or another Yahoo sponsored features. I don't care to look at pictures of new vehicles and I certainly don't like that I can't customize the page. The GM Owner Center wouldn't be nearly as bad if I could customize the information I want to see. Oh well, what do you expect?


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MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Students from Hawthorne, Westlake and Columbus schools in the Mount Pleasant school district have won physical education awards from the New York State Association for Health, Physical, Education, Recreation and Dance.
The award winners for Hawthorne are Collin Lyden, Grace Mooney, Frank Vessa, Natalie Partridge and Brooke Pfeiffer. The Columbus honorees are Francesca DeMartino, Christina Kelly, Luca Mulhare and Matthew Pipcinski. Westlake Middle School eighth-grade winners are Jason Ausiello, Zach Barnes, Lea Bonsignore, and Stacie Kinlen.
For the past 51 years, the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance has sponsored its annual Elementary and Middle School Physical Education Awards Program to recognize young students for citizenship and sportsmanship, in addition to being physically fit.
"These children are leaders in the class and are great role models," said Columbus physical education teacher Sean Mayer.
The recipients were honored at a ceremony at Beacon High School on May 14 and were presented with a certificate, NYSAHPERD winners patch and a commemorative gift from the association.
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What is happening to America? For some time now we have had the �luxury� of finding television in public places. At some point in time it might have been considered a luxury; perhaps when television had something of value to offer. But gone are the days of innocence and consequential screening when television had a conscience reflective of a moral society.
As far as I am concerned it has now become a pestering intrusion that makes me feel force-fed; Especially now that I�ve eliminated it from my home for more than a year. And had basically limited it to Christian television and personally selected movies prior to that. There are many who are finding that is its only value. I may bring it back one day when I�m too old to do anything else. But for now I�m finding that I don�t especially miss it. And my lack of tolerance of it has become acutely sensitive.
There are few public places one can go without this monstrous tube glaring at them. Most of the fast food chains boast of several televisions that can be seen from any angle. I can�t say what the finer restaurants are doing as I don�t eat out often. But television has become an idolatrous epidemic. Gone is the opportunity for quiet contemplation or communion with God in the general public. Of course God hears us in the loudest storm. But it is our thoughts that may be suffering from distraction to initiate sweet communion with Him.
The enemy would do anything to distract us from clarity of thought and reflective communion with God throughout our day. Nothing would make him happier than that we go through life catering to every trend of distraction. There was a time we could sit in a waiting room and read Reader�s Digest and plant seeds of thought. Now we must endure the mediocrity of celebrity gossip and other spiritual pollutions.
Few places are left sacred from this idolatrous intrusion. Recently I accompanied a friend to the emergency room of a local hospital. Well of course there were televisions in the waiting rooms, need you ask? But what you may not know is they were also in the emergency examination rooms! You know behind the little curtains. There was no sound, but there was enough text to ensure that you knew what was going on.
Who cares that Rosie O�Donald and Donald Trump made up. And that Elton John is imposing tough love upon his long-time friend Billy Joel for whatever reason. Perhaps someone should impose tough love upon him.
I say be aware of this systematic force-feeding that thrives in beauty salons and a host of terminal waiting rooms; airports, train stations and of course bus terminals. To where can we escape this idol who feeds on our subconscious and plants subliminal seeds that sprout distraction long after you have been force-fed lethal doses of this mediocre madness.
As a nation, I can�t help but feel we would enhance our mental health by taking measures to avoid as much of this force-feeding as possible. Preserve your thought life and sanity by escaping to the peace of solitude to counter-balance this overdose or you may find yourself anxious and over-loaded.
Where can we go to avoid the idol of force-fed television. Thank God for Libraries and parks. Avoiding this systematic distraction can save your sanity because television has very little to offer in the way of moral fiber. So beware that you don't overdose and end up in a hospital emergency room where a lethal dose may be awaiting you.
There are still contemplative walks, bicycle rides without music headphones. Allow your senses to engage in the sounds of the moment, birds, the laughter of children, the gushing of a water fountain. Turn the television off and tune into the amazing symphony of a rain storm. This one really balances my body rhythms � naturally.
Make it a quest to rediscover the hidden riches and treasures of life that are systematically being drowned out by force-fed distractions and trendy gadgets. Endeavor to reconnect with life�s natural joys and sedatives that induce peace and serenity where we can still hear the still small voice of God.
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Good Value Is the Top Influencer of U.S. Grocery Store Choice, Nielsen Reports
Schaumburg, IL- Good value is the most important factor in determining where global consumers spend their grocery dollars, according to a study by The Nielsen Company. Sixty percent of U.S. consumers rank good value for money as the most important consideration when choosing a grocery store; eighty-five percent of global consumers agree. (For all charts and figures referenced in this report, please see Full PDF Download version of release).
Nielsens research shows that after good value, 28 percent of U.S. consumers choose grocery stores based on the selection of high quality brands and products while 23 percent choose the grocery store that is closest. Fourteen percent of U.S. consumers choose the most convenient store with easy parking and nine percent choose a store based on its use of recyclable bags and packaging. (Refer to chart Most Important Factors When U.S. Consumers Decide Where to Grocery Shop in Full PDF Download version of release).
Our research offers a unique global snapshot of shopping habits and the motivations behind grocery shopping behavior today, said Todd Hale, senior vice president of Consumer & Shopping Insights, Nielsen Consumer Panel Services. What shoppers demand from grocery retailers varies significantly across regions and countries, and with increasing consolidation and globalization of the retail industry, its crucial for retailers to understand how shopper preferences differ across markets.
In contrast to the habits of U.S. shoppers, Nielsen finds that Malaysian shoppers prefer supermarkets which offer the most convenient/easy parking, South Koreans, Indonesians and Germans like to shop at the supermarket closest to them, Russians and Indians seek out supermarkets offering a better selection of high quality brands and products, while Filipinos and Singaporean shoppers top global rankings for placing the most importance on getting good value for money.
Selection, Selection, Selection
The second most important attribute for U.S. shoppers, as well as shoppers around the world, is a supermarket that offers a better selection of high quality brands and products.
This is a perfect example of todays conflicted shopper, said Hale. Demanding shoppers expect the best of both worlds from retailers today. On one hand, were all natural bargain hunters and insist on good value for our grocery dollar, and on the other hand, we expect retailers to stock a wide selection of high quality brands and products so we can indulge in our favorite premium treats. Consumers want the cheapest of the cheap in some categories and the best of the best in others.
Highest rankings for choosing a supermarket that offers a better selection of high quality brands and products are consumers in the worlds booming economies of Russia (93 percent), India (79 percent), China (78 percent) as well as the emerging Baltic countries Latvia (78 percent) and Lithuania (77 percent) - - sending a clear message to retailers operating in or entering those markets and a sharp contrast with the 28 percent of U.S. shoppers who select stores on that basis.
In fast-growing, emerging markets, there are large numbers of consumers with growing disposable incomes and newly acquired, discerning tastes, said Hale. These consumers want premium international grocery products in their shopping baskets and seek out supermarkets with a better offering of high quality, branded products.
Defining Good Value
For consumers citing good value as their most important consideration, Nielsen finds that price, promotions and perceptions are most influential in helping consumers define value.
Eighty percent of U.S. shoppers consider it very important or somewhat important for supermarkets to feature frequent promotions and price discounts, while 72 percent believe a stores reputation for delivering low prices - - even if, in reality, this is not the case - - is very or somewhat important. Ranking third are prices published in the stores leaflets (71 percent) and everyday low prices (70 percent.) Slightly less important to U.S. consumers are discounts for store card holders (63 percent), price comparison across retailers (59 percent), private label offerings (53 percent) and friends recommendations (43 percent.)
(Please refer to chart Very Or Somewhat Important Factors When U.S. Consumers Decide What Stores Offer Good Value For Money in Full PDF Download version of release).
Our research shows that the importance of good value and low prices resonates much more with lower income households in the U.S. said Hale. More affluent households regard quality of fresh produce, meat and seafood and selectionabove good value. That said, the success of warehouse club retailers speaks loudly to the importance affluent American consumers place on value.
According to Nielsens research, three in four consumers around the world consider it very or somewhat important that supermarkets feature frequent promotions and regular price discounts, and seventy percent vote it very or somewhat important the store have a reputation for being cheaper than competitors. In third place are prices published in the stores leaflets (62 percent), followed by research and price comparisons across retailers (60 percent), price reductions offered through loyalty/store cards (57 percent) and stores that promised to have every day low prices (57 percent).
Interestingly, some consumers are not attracted to promotions and regular price discounts. One in four (22 percent) Finnish shoppers do not consider price promotions and discounts to be important and the emerging European economies of Russia, Hungary and Estonia share this view.
The retail and media trade are both highly fragmented in Russias urban centers and its difficult for consumers to receive and access information on price discounts and promotions, said Hale. The main reason Russian shoppers arent interested in promotions and regular price discounts is simply that they dont know about them because advertising and promotional channels are still under-developed.
About The Survey
Conducted twice a year among 26,486 internet users in 47 markets in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas and the Middle East, Nielsen most recently surveyed consumers on the factors that influenced their choice of grocery store.
47 Markets Covered: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, US and Vietnam.
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The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions and recognized brands in marketing information (ACNielsen), media information (Nielsen Media Research), online intelligence (NetRatings and BuzzMetrics), trade shows and business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and New York, USA. For more information, please visit www.nielsen.com.
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Nice to see you back among active usership!-- Snailey Talk to Me Email me 18:47, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi There, I assume this is someone you know and are posting with his blessing. Let me know if not so. Thanks, Carolus 18:30, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
EN: Hi! I just noticed that you had created a Finnish version of the IMSLP mainpage. Thank you very much, it's wonderful to see the translation exist.
Unfortunately I discovered a great deal grammatical mistakes and bad word choices; almost each sentence contains a typographical error or is strangely formulated. Would you mind if I correct them? Thanks, Sakvaka 09:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
FI: Hei! Huomasin juuri että olit luonut suomenkielisen version IMSLP:n etusivusta. Kiitos paljon, on hienoa nähdä käännöksen olevan nyt olemassa.
Valitettavasti löysin siitä suuren joukon kielioppivirheitä ja huonoja sanavalintoja; lähestulkoon joka lause sisältää jonkin kirjoitusvirheen tai on omituisesti muotoiltu. Haittaako sinua, että korjaan ne? Kiitos, Sakvaka 09:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Moi, mulla valitettavasti aika näyttää menevän kaikkinensa töissä, enkä ole kerennyt/kerkeä suomennokseen kajoamaan. Toivottavasti apua löytyy. =) --Käkki 10:51, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, You have to get rid of the logos before posting them here. It also helps to get rid of metatags and other assorted nonsense they put in the files. If you can figure out a way to fix the bizarre random appearance of low-res grayscale sections (isolated pages, or even sections of a page), by all means do so. As it stands, the PDFs can crash some printers with their mixture of 600 dpi monochrome TIFFs and 150 dpi grayscale jpegs. I had to delete the ones you posted where logos are present. Clever folks over at Google, putting their logo on every page makes it technically a violation of their trademark to copy and distribute the file without their permission, even if the item they scanned is clearly public domain. Carolus 20:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Could you give the full name of this publisher? The only Munich Publisher I know of is G. Henle. Verlag is actually just German for publisher...-- Snailey Talk to Me Email me 21:23, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
OK, thanks for the reply. I would go with Gitarrefreund as the name in the future.-- Snailey Talk to Me Email me 21:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
As the word translates to "donor" or "contributor", it's probably not necessary to include it in the editor field as it would have no bearing on copyright status. Carolus 19:44, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for your message!
I don't have any orderly way of uploading the Boije collection or the Danish Royal Library material - I just browse, and if I see something that is not on IMSLP yet and I have enough information to make a reasonably intelligent attempt at a work page, I upload it. I often have very limited time so I just add one or two things here and there. (I'm at work now and grab a few moments on IMSLP during lunch breaks and between patients).
Please feel free to upload anything you can find, in any order you see fit.
At the moment I am also looking around for any composer pictures I can find on the web, just to make IMSLP look nice.
Thank you for all your contributions - I am currently amazed by how rapidly IMSLP is growing. Aldona 23:43, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I see we have quite a few of these now... Here's the problem from a copyright point of view: If we do not know the death date of a given composer, we really have no little idea of whether or not the work is free in either Canada (extremely important) or the EU. Thus, when you're adding things by composers like Max Schulz (who I found was born in 1885 along with his complete first name), there is a high possibility that they are not really PD in Canada. It's not such a problem with earlier publications (like 120 years old), or those consisting of much older composers, because the odds of the obscure composer having lived to be 95-110 years is reasonably low. This is not the case with the early 20th century items you've been adding, however. I would suggest that you refrain from adding items in this collection unless you actually know the composer's year of death - which should be no later than 1959 - until the composer's death date can be found. Thanks, Carolus 00:12, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, instead of actually deleting a page (e.g. Duo Nocturne No.6 (Lhoyer)), you can just redirect it to the proper page (if the file isn't to be deleted, that is). You most likely know how to do this: replace the content of the page with '#REDIRECT [[wherever]]'. This prevents any references to the old page from becoming broken, etc. Thanks :-) KGill talk email 01:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, We established a protocol for dealing with arrangements and transcriptions since you were here last (after much discussion). When you know something is an arrangement, it should always go under the heading of "Arrangements and Transcriptions", even if you don't know what the original was scored for. For example, on the page Andante Cantabile (Sarenko, Vasilii Stepanovich), we don't really know what Sarenko originally composed the piece for, as all we have is Boije's transcription for solo guitar. When you know the arranger (or transcriber - which are basically two interchangeable words in English), always include the dates (as on the page now) so that the copyright reviewer can make a quick determination for Canada and the EU (where the terms are calculated on death date of the last surviving contributor). Thanks for such a terrific job on adding the Boije collection. I think we had some items previously, but nothing compared to what's been added in the past week. Carolus 18:19, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Any way you can unlock these before uploading? If not, don't worry, we'll do it eventually. Thanks, Carolus 02:11, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Jujimufu, Fabulous essay on notation. Thank you very much for sharing it! KGill talk email 21:33, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Well, the talk page for the tagging project is here - starting a forum thread is more public, but probably only the same people would comment there ;-) However, I'm afraid a couple of the types you mentioned may be a bit outside the scope of the project (although I could be mistaken). It may be better to simplify it by keeping the tag for electronic instruments separate from the others and introducing only two new tags, one for the general concept of graphic notation and another for indeterminate stuff. (Multiple tags can be used where applicable, of course.) Maybe 'outside the scope' not so much, but probably too specific. However, I do think there could definitely be some modification to the current system.
I just thought of a possible problem, though - your highly nontraditional works have not escaped the notice of the team, and we've already thought of a few ways to at least fairly accurately classify some of your pieces based on traditional means. For instance, I remember one example where we had it as 'pieces ; 2nar', plus the language tags - i.e. a generic piece for two solo speakers. In such a composition, which was only written in text, there are obviously indeterminate elements, but we didn't need to take that into consideration when tagging it because according to the guidelines we're largely concerned with what the composer called the work (with the exception of most early music), what s/he scored it for, and what language(s) it's in (where applicable). The other members might use that as an argument against creating new tags, citing the fact that we don't classify works based on whether they were written in mensural notation, etc. I could be wrong - I'd say it's worth a try anyway. (Graphic notation is kind of a different concept than mensural notation...) KGill talk email 21:53, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
all I have on him is that he was born "in" 1855- the dates 1856-1929 are much more helpful, where'd you get them? he edited a lot of things and I'm now putting the 'LinkEd' template on him to give him site credit for that so to speak... Eric 15:50, 3 October 2010 (UTC) erm, Wilson G. Smith...
Hi, Jujimufu, I'm trying to tag JAM+. We don't have a tag for "conductor". Does this guy do anything other than the usual conductor stuff in this piece? If so, what? Thanks, Steltz.


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A retired bishop will serve as interim pastor of Baton Rouge's First United Methodist until a new pastor can be appointed next year.
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